Southern Alberta News
Downtown BRZ to ask for budget approval
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 14th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Downtown Lethbridge Business Revitalization Zone will be asking the Economic and Finance Standing Policy Committee today to recommend city council approve its 2024 budget. The committee, which meets at 1:30 p.m. in council chambers, consists of Mayor Blaine Hyggen and all members of council. The BRZ has proposed a five per cent increase ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. artist ready for folk club debut
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 14th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Ryan McMahon is no stranger to Lethbridge. The Vancouver Island-based artist is well familiar with the city but when he stood alone on stage last June at the Enmax Centre with acoustic guitar in hand to warm up a crowd eager to see Canadian icon Burton Cummings, he may not have known what ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Exhibition directed to provide monthly reports to SPC
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 14th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve an official business motion put forward by council Rajko Dodic calling on the Lethbridge & District Exhibition to provide a monthly reporting of its revenues and expenses starting on April 11 to the Economic and Finance SPC meeting. The reporting would start for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More signatures needed for future council runs
By Al Beeber - Lethbridge Herald on March 13th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDabeeber@lethbridgeherald.com Lethbridge city council on Tuesday gave second and third readings to a bylaw which will increase the number of signatures needed for people running for council and mayor. Council voted by a 6-3 margin on both readings. A year ago on March 7, city council adopted a resolution put forward by councillor Ryan ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Businessman gets conditional sentence
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 13th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A Lethbridge businessman who was charged with numerous fraud-related offences and was set to stand trial last January before it was cancelled, has pleaded guilty to a fraction of the charges and won’t have to go to jail. Grant Stevenson, 41, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Lethbridge court of justice to a single count ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dates set for trial into record drug bust
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 13th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com A 35-year-old man accused in one of the city’s biggest drug busts is headed for trial, but not until next year. Patrick Rodney Jr. is scheduled to stand trial Feb. 3-21, 2025. The trial, which was set Monday in Lethbridge Court of King’s Bench, is also expected to include three days for a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shoplifter receives jail sentence for needle threat
By Delon Shurtz - Lethbridge Herald on March 13th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDdshurtz@lethbridgeherald.com Nicholas Heavy Runner only faced a single charge of shoplifting, until he threatened a security guard with a weapon. While on a routine patrol in the Park Place Mall on Dec. 17 of last year, the security guard was alerted to a theft from Sport Check. He caught up with Heavy Runner after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Safety the focus of agriculture campaign
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 13th, 2024
The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association is creating awareness as it celebrates Ag Safety Week. The “Your Farm, Your Family, Your Success: Safety is Our Heritage” initiative is the final part of a three-year safety campaign run by the CASW. Farm safety week begins Sunday and runs to March 16 with the CASW encouraging farming communities ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chamber hosts arts and culture panel
By Alejandra Pulido-Guzman - Lethbridge Herald on March 13th, 2024
LETHBRIDGE HERALDapulido@lethbridgeherald.com The Lethbridge Chamber of Commerce has brought back the State of the Industry Arts and Culture panel discussion about the importance of keeping arts and culture thriving and accessible in our community. Panelists from three non-profit organization and one from the for-profit sector, spoke about their SWOT analysis that covers Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!University market showcases Indigenous entrepreneurs
By Steffanie Costigan - Lethbridge Herald Local Journalism Initiative Reporter on March 13th, 2024
As a part of the celebration of Indigenous Awareness Week at the University of Lethbridge a launch of “We are Iniskim” was showcased along with an Indigenous Merchant Market on Tuesday. In 2002 Elder Bruce Wolf Child gifted University of Lethbridge with the Blackfoot name of Iniskim, meaning Sacred Buffalo Stone. University of Lethbridge has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pre-med students ‘hoof it’ for charity
By Justin Seward - Lethbridge Herald on March 13th, 2024
The 11th annual Hoof-It Run was held under warmer conditions on Saturday morning at the Nicholas Sheran Park. The annual run is hosted by U of L’s Pre-Med Club and all the proceeds go to the Lethbridge Soup Kitchen and the university’s Student Union Food Bank. “Tuition’s expensive and kids want to really invest in ... Read More »
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